Eastern Europe
Ukraine
Kyiv Oblast

Kyiv Hero City

The Hero City monument is a World War II memorial in in . It is a 30 m-tall obelisk that was erected in 1982, during the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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  • Type: Obelisk
  • Description: Soviet victory memorial in Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Also known as: “Hero City monument”, “Hero City monument, Kyiv”, and “Monument to Kyiv, the Hero City”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Halytska Square and Halytska Square.

Square
in , the capital of , is a large square in the city. The square is in and located on Kyiv's main westward thoroughfare being its one of the main transportation hubs.

Railway station
Photo: Artemka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ploshcha Halytska is a station on the Kyiv Light Rail. Originally opened in 1978, during the reconstruction of the tramways in 2010 the station was moved to the middle Zhylianska Street and the previous track loops were removed. is situated 250 metres west of Kyiv Hero City.

Synagogue
Photo: Кальницкий Михаил, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also called the Galitska Synagogue or Beit Yaakov Shul, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located at 97a Zhylianska Street, in , . The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite. is situated 280 metres southwest of Kyiv Hero City.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Афанасівський яр and Залізнична колонія.

Quarter
Photo: Rasal Hague, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a quarter.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Quarter
Photo: Artemka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a quarter.

Kyiv Hero City

Latitude
50.44699° or 50° 26′ 49″ north
Longitude
30.49167° or 30° 29′ 30″ east
Open location code
9G2GCFWR+QM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1431430565
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­obelisk
Wiki­data ID
Q122278957
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In Other Languages

From German to Ukrainian—“Kyiv Hero City” goes by many names.
  • German: “‘Heldenstadt“ Kiew”
  • Russian: “Городу-герою Киеву”
  • Ukrainian: “Місту-герою Києву”
  • Ukrainian: “Обеліск на честь міста-героя Києва”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Passport Service and Children’s attractions.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kyiv Hero City”. Photo: Artemka, CC BY-SA 4.0.